EASTWOOD, J. Prosecutor seeks a writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the Essex County Court of Common Pleas dismissing prosecutor's partial appeal of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau's refusal to make an allowance for medical and surgical expenses, on the ground that the same were not authorized by the defendant herein. No appeal was taken from that portion of the award granting prosecutor compensation for partial permanent disability. The appeal was dismissed by the Pleas on two grounds: (1) that appellant

had failed to prosecute his appeal in accordance with Revised Statutes of New Jersey 34:15-66, and (2) that appellant had accepted payment of the judgment entered in his favor from the Workmen's Compensation Bureau; that the judgment had, therefore, been satisfied, and there was no basis on which to ground the appeal.

R.S. 34:15-66, as amended by Pamph. L. 1945, ch. 74, p. 397, § 17, requires that the notice of appeal shall be filed with the secretary of the Bureau and with the clerk of the county where the accident occurred within thirty days after the entry of judgment. Prosecutor filed his notice of appeal on December 7th, 1946, within the prescribed time. The statute further provides:

"* * * The appellant shall, within fifteen days after filing notice of appeal, send to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the accident occurred, a transcript of the record and testimony in the cause, which transcript shall be prepared by appellant and submitted to the secretary of the bureau for certification."

And further:

"* * * Any appeal may be dismissed by the judge if the transcript of the record and testimony is not transmitted, or if the appeal is not prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter."

The transcript of the record and testimony was not filed until March 26th, 1947, and we are not given any satisfactory explanation for the delay. The provisions of the cited statute with reference to the filing of the transcript of the record and testimony within fifteen days after the filing of the notice of appeal are clearly mandatory, and the burden is accordingly placed upon the appellant to see that the statutory requisites are strictly complied with. In the absence of any qualifying ...

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